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, UNITED STATES PATENT. OF IC EDWIN R. MEAD, OF FORT SCOTT, KANSAS.

FOB FOR JUMPERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 702,021 datedJune 10, 1902.

. Application filed December 28,1900, Serial No. 41,374. (No model.)

Toall whom it may concern/.

Be it known that I, EDWIN R. MEAD, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Fort Scott, in the county of Bourbon, in the State of Kan sas, have invented a certain new and useful Fob for Jumpers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference be; ing had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part of this specification. r R

My invention relates to a fob for jumpers, having more particular relation to providing in the jumper or overjacket worn byrailroad engineers and firemen and those in like pursuits afob or pocket in which a watch can be carried without danger of its falling outand' being injured when the wearer stoops over. It is well recognized that a watch, however good a timekeeper it may be and'of however good make and workmanship the works may be, if it be dropped upon the ground, the floor, or other body offering resistance the jar will so disorganize the works that it cannot be repaired or fixed up so asafterward to make a reliable timekeeper. That the watches of railway engineers and firemen and those in like pursuits must be reliable timekeepers is axiomatic; but from the nature of their duties the engineer must be very frequently sto'opin g over to examine the parts of his engine and the fireman must be stooping over to look into his fire-box, and in this position with the fobs' and pockets now in use on the jumpers worn by men in these pursuits the watch will roll out and be dropped on the ground or elsewhere, receiving a jar which will destroy forever after its reliability and usefulness.

It is the object of my invention to provide a fob or pocket in the jumper from which the watch will not thuseasily'escape and sufier injury; and to accomplish this my invention consists in certain features of novelty hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

The figure in the drawing represents a jumper provided withmy improved fob.

Referring to the drawing,-1 represents a jumper worn by engineers and firemen. 2 represents a pocket sewed or otherwise secured upon such jumper in a position convensimply taking hold of the chain.

' ient for the carriage of awatch, it being usual to carrythe watch in the pocket of the j umper.

Said pocket is'open at the top on the line a b andji's closed on the line-a c by being sewed to thej umper, the point a being substantially midway of the-top of the pocket. The pocket is also sewedfast to the jumper by a row-of stitches on the line a d, extending adistance toward the bottom of the pocket, terminating in a knob or curve e and forming a subpocket or fob 3, opening downward within the main pocket.

Now when pocket at the opening on the line a b it will drop to the bottom of the pocket, and when the wearer 'stoops'over the watch will roll or out of the pocket to be injured, as usually wearer wishes to take the watch out it is conveniently, easily, and quickly lifted out b the watch is dropped into the "fall into the subpocket 3 and will not drop -happens,-while it is manifest thatwhen the The advantages of such a pocket will readduties of engineers andfiremen and'persons in like pursuits where the watch is carried in the most conveniently accessibleplace.

I The knob or curve ispreferred to a sharp angle at the end of the line a d, dividing ofi the subpocket, as it facilitates the watch on teriu g the subpocket, as also its removal from the pocket, when desired. I r I Having thus fully described my fob, what I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A fob for a'jumper consisting of a pocket, arranged vertically upon the jumper and having its opening or flap horizontal with rela tion thereto, a vertical divisional seamextending from the toptoward the bottom of the pocket and a diagonal or horizontal seam extending from said vertical'divisio'nal seam to one of the side seams and closingthe top of the pocket to form a subpocket therein; substantially as set forth.

EDWIN R. MEAD. Witnesses: v

JOHN N. MCKINNEY, RosA JAoKsoN.

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